6.
The Discourse on Ariṭṭha
982.
At Sāvatthī.
There the Blessed One, etc.
said this -
"Do you develop mindfulness of breathing, monks?"
When this was said, the Venerable Ariṭṭha said this to the Blessed One -
"I, venerable sir, develop mindfulness of breathing."
"In what way, then, Ariṭṭha, do you develop mindfulness of breathing?"
"Sensual desire for past sensual pleasures has been abandoned by me, venerable sir; sensual desire for future sensual pleasures has departed from me; and perception of aversion towards internal-external phenomena has been well removed by me.
Mindful, I shall breathe in; mindful, I shall breathe out.
Thus, venerable sir, I develop mindfulness of breathing."
"There is this mindfulness of breathing, Ariṭṭha; I do not say it does not exist. But, Ariṭṭha, listen to how mindfulness of breathing is complete in detail, pay close attention; I will speak." "Yes, venerable sir," the Venerable Ariṭṭha assented to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this:
"And how, Ariṭṭha, is mindfulness of breathing complete in detail? Here, Ariṭṭha, a monk, having gone to the forest, or having gone to the root of a tree, or having gone to an empty house, sits down, folding his legs crosswise, directing his body upright, having established mindfulness in front of him. He, mindful, breathes in; mindful, he breathes out. Breathing in long, he understands: 'I breathe in long', etc. he trains: 'Observing relinquishment, I shall breathe in'; he trains: 'Observing relinquishment, I shall breathe out.' Thus, Ariṭṭha, mindfulness of breathing is complete in detail." The sixth.